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Android notifyDatasetChange with SQLite cursor how to?

So I have 2 activities.
The first (ActivityOne) displays a listview with data from SQLite cursor, and a button.
On click of that button, I want to add an item to the listview, so I display the second activity (ActivityTwo), that contains a number of editTexts and a save Button, that does the saving in the Database.
But what I want is:
after saving the new item to the DB, the ActivityTwo should close and the ActivityOne should be displayed with the refreshed content from the DB
.
This seems a reasonable workflow. How do I achieve it?
Code for ActivityOne:
public class ActivityOne extends Activity {
private ArrayList<String> idclient = new ArrayList<String>();
private ArrayList<String> numeclient = new ArrayList<String>();
private ArrayList<String> tipclient = new ArrayList<String>();
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
ListView mylist = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.lv_clienti);
LoadList();
Button btnex = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnNewCli);
btnex.setOnClickListener(
new View.OnClickListener()
{
public void onClick(View aView)
{
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Add new client... " , Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
Intent toAnotherActivity = new Intent(aView.getContext(), NewClientActivity.class);
startActivity(toAnotherActivity);
}
}
);
}
public void LoadList(){
SQLiteDatabase db = new myDbHelper(getApplicationContext()).getWritableDatabase();
Cursor mCursor = db.rawQuery("select idclient,nameclient,typeclient from clienti order by numeclient" , null);
idclient.clear();
numeclient.clear();
tipclient.clear();
if (mCursor.moveToFirst()) {
do {
idclient.add(Integer.toString(mCursor.getInt(0)));
nameclient.add(mCursor.getString(1));
typeclient.add(mCursor.getString(2));
} while (mCursor.moveToNext());
}
DisplayClientiAdapter disadpt = new DisplayClientiAdapter(ClientiActivity.this,idclient,nameclient, typeclient);
ListView lv = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.lv_clienti);
lv.setAdapter(disadpt);
mCursor.close();
db.close();
}
}
And in the ActivityTwo, I have in a button click:
db.execSQL("insert into clients (idclient, nameclient,typeclient,...");
DisplayClientiAdapter da = new DisplayClientiAdapter(getApplicationContext());
da.notifyDataSetChanged();
finish();
Also the displayAdapter is something like:
public class DisplayClientiAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
private Context mContext;
private ArrayList<String> idclient;
private ArrayList<String> numeclient;
private ArrayList<String> tipclient;
public DisplayClientiAdapter(Context c){
this.mContext = c;
}
public DisplayClientiAdapter(Context c, ArrayList<String> idclient, ArrayList<String> numeclient, ArrayList<String> tipclient) {
this.mContext = c;
this.idclient = idclient;
this.numeclient = numeclient;
this.tipclient = tipclient;
}
public int getCount() {
return idclient.size();
}
public Object getItem(int position) {
return null;
}
public long getItemId(int position) {
return 0;
}
public View getView(int pos, View child, ViewGroup parent) {
Holder mHolder;
LayoutInflater layoutInflater;
if (child == null) {
layoutInflater = (LayoutInflater) mContext.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
child = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.clienti_item, null);
mHolder = new Holder();
mHolder.txt_idclient = (TextView) child.findViewById(R.id.tv_cl_id);
mHolder.txt_numeclient = (TextView) child.findViewById(R.id.tv_cl_nume);
mHolder.txt_tipclient = (TextView) child.findViewById(R.id.tv_cl_tip);
child.setTag(mHolder);
} else {
mHolder = (Holder) child.getTag();
}
mHolder.txt_idclient.setText(idclient.get(pos));
mHolder.txt_numeclient.setText(numeclient.get(pos));
mHolder.txt_tipclient.setText(tipclient.get(pos));
return child;
}
public class Holder {
TextView txt_idclient;
TextView txt_numeclient;
TextView txt_tipclient;
}
Of course it does not work like this. The list is not refreshed... I assume it has to do with the displayAdapter !?!?!
I cannot call the LoadList method since it is static or something like that...
Please help.
Thank you

Its not a problem with your adapter. You have to call Loadlist() in onresume method instead of oncreate method in ActivityOne. It will work then.

First of all, have a look at this two articles:
http://www.doubleencore.com/2013/05/layout-inflation-as-intended/
http://www.doubleencore.com/2013/06/context/
You shouldn't inflate your views with null in your inflate method if you have parent view available.
Also, using application context for inflating may cause strange behaviour, as it may not use correct theme you may've set in app manifest for your Activity.
On the other hand - why don't you use CursorAdapter instead of BaseAdapter?
The problem with your adapter is, that you don't set the data in it! :)
///EDIT:
I checked the wrong activity - why do you create second adapter in there?
The easiest solution would be to move the LoadList() to onStart.
If you want to do it right, you should use ContentObserver and (probably) CursorAdapter.

refresh listview after data has changed from custom adapter

I have seen several posts on this but I cannot seem to follow one well enough to fix my problem.
I am trying to refresh my ListView after I update or delete a record. I am currently using notifyDataSetChanged() however it does not refresh upon deletion. I can delete, and then if i back our and reload my history.java it will show the updates because I am reloading all of the data.
here is my HistoryAdapter.java
public class HistoryAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
private Context mContext;
Cursor cursor;
history historyClass = new history();
MySQLiteHelper db;
public HistoryAdapter(Context context, Cursor cur){
super();
mContext = context;
cursor = cur;
db = new MySQLiteHelper(context);
}
public int getCount(){
// return the number of records in cursor
return cursor.getCount();
}
// getView method is called for each item of ListView
public View getView(final int position, View view, ViewGroup parent){
// inflate the layout for each item of listView
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) mContext.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.history_list_item, null);
// move the cursor to required position
cursor.moveToPosition(position);
final String id = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("_id"));
final long deleteId = Long.parseLong(id);
// fetch the information for each card
String pricePerGallon = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("pricePerGallon"));
String gallons = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("gallons"));
String odometer = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("odometer"));
String date = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("date"));
String filledOrNot = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("filledOrNot"));
String comments = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("comments"));
//String milesPerGallon = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("miledPerGallon"));
String totalSpent = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("totalSpent"));
// get the reference of TextViews
TextView textViewPricePerGallon = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.cardPrice);
TextView textViewGallons = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.cardGallons);
TextView textViewOdometer = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.cardOdometer);
TextView textViewDate = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.cardDate);
TextView textViewFilledOrNot = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.cardFilledOrNot);
TextView textViewComments = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.cardComments);
//TextView textViewMilesPerGallon = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.mpg);
TextView textViewTotalSpent = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.usd);
TextView textViewDeleteButton = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.deleteButton);
// Set the data to each TextView
textViewPricePerGallon.setText(pricePerGallon);
textViewGallons.setText(gallons);
textViewOdometer.setText(odometer);
textViewDate.setText(date);
textViewFilledOrNot.setText(filledOrNot);
textViewComments.setText(comments);
//textViewMilesPerGallon.setText(milesPerGallon);
textViewTotalSpent.setText(totalSpent);
final HistoryAdapter historyAdapter = this;
textViewDeleteButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
Log.d("History Adapter", "" + deleteId);
//need to delete here
deleteRecord(deleteId);
historyAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}
});
return view;
}
public Object getItem(int position){
return position;
}
public long getItemId(int position){
return position;
}
private void deleteRecord(long id){
db.deleteGasLog(id);
}
}
here is my history.java which sets the adapter and creates the listview
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.history);
context = this;
initViews();
cursor = db.getAllLogs();
// Create the Adapter
historyAdapter = new HistoryAdapter(this, cursor);
// Set the adapter to ListView
listContent.setAdapter(historyAdapter);
}

I guess you will need to get a new cursor.
Try moving this
cursor = db.getAllLogs();
into the adapter and call it again before the notifyDataSetChanged() call.

You are deleting the row but you are never updating or getting a new cursor, which has the result set the adapter uses to layout the list. You need to give the adapter a new cursor after you delete a row, then call notifyDatasetChanged(). If you use SimpleCursorAdapter
instead of BaseAdapter, you can use its swapCursor() method to set the new cursor.

Make sure to call:
registerDataSetObserver(...)
from your BaseAdapter subclass.
Pass it the reference to your DataSetObserver implementation. Possibly through an inner class of HistoryAdapter:
public class HistoryAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
. . .
public class MyDataSetObserver extends DataSetObserver {
public void onChanged() {
// Data Set changed.... do something...
}
public void onValidated() {
// Your implementation here
}
}
. . .
public HistoryAdapter(Context context, Cursor cur) {
. . .
registerDataSetObserver(new MyDataSetObserver());
. . .
}
}
HTH

custom adapter do not refresh the listview for onclicklistener in android

I delete database entry using onclicklistener but it is not refreshing the listview. how can i refresh this listview?
This is main class for listview:
public class AFragment extends Fragment implements OnItemClickListener {
protected static final String file_name ="user";
ListView list;
Database entry;
View v;
String values[];
MySimpleArrayAdapter adapter;
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// Inflate the layout for this fragment
SharedPreferences settings = getActivity().getSharedPreferences(file_name, 0);
String name = settings.getString("name", null);
entry = new Database(getActivity());
entry.open();
values=entry.planlist(name);
entry.close();
if(values.length>0){
v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.activity_afragment, container,false);
adapter = new MySimpleArrayAdapter(getActivity(), values);
list=(ListView)v.findViewById(R.id.list);
list.setAdapter(adapter);
adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
list.setOnItemClickListener(this);
}else{
v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.activity_my_tabs_listener, container,false);
}
// Toast.makeText(getActivity(),String.valueOf(values.length), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
return v;
}
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1, int arg2, long arg3) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Intent i = new Intent(getActivity(),Details.class);
i.putExtra("sub", values[arg2]);
startActivity(i);
Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "clicked", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
Here i use onclicklistener to delete data from database but it is not refreshing:
public class MySimpleArrayAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<String> {
private final Context context;
private final String[] values;
public Business aFragment = new Business();
int mypos =0;
ViewHolder holder;
View row;
public MySimpleArrayAdapter(Context context, String[] values) {
super(context,R.layout.activity_my_simple_array_adapter, values);
this.context = context;
this.values = values;
}
#Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
mypos = position;
row = convertView;
holder = new ViewHolder();
if (row == null) {
LayoutInflater inflater = ((Activity) context).getLayoutInflater();
row = inflater.inflate(R.layout.activity_my_simple_array_adapter, parent, false);
TextView textView = (TextView) row.findViewById(R.id.text);
Button btn = (Button) row.findViewById(R.id.button1);
holder.tv = textView;
holder.btn = btn;
row.setTag(holder);
}else{
holder = (ViewHolder)row.getTag();
}
holder.tv.setText(values[position]);
final int id = position;
holder.btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Database entry = new Database(context);
entry.open();
entry.delete(values[id]);
entry.close();
// Toast.makeText(getContext(), String.valueOf(id), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
});
return row;
}
static class ViewHolder{
TextView tv;
Button btn;
}
}

as anil said, you should put notifyDataSetChanged(); inside the onClickListener
this basically tells the adapter to render the list again and will call getView() again for every visible item in the list, if your code crashes, you should check two things:
first - debug the program and check that the new data fits what you want, in your case, check that the entry was deleted properly.
second - debug the getView method, step through each call and see what gives you the crash.
in your case the problem is that you are only updating the database, but in fact your listview data is taken from the values[] array which is not updated after you delete the database entry, you should create a function for updating it.

Put adapter.notifyDataSetChanged(); on click of ListView
#Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Database entry = new Database(context);
entry.open();
entry.delete(values[id]);
entry.close();
adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
// Toast.makeText(getContext(), String.valueOf(id), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}

If you do lots of adding and deleting to the list I think you should do the things below.
You should use ArrayList<String> instead of simple String[] so that you can easily delete. Database deletion do not effect the list directly unless you use Loaders
After you delete and item from the list, you should call notifyDataSetChanged() to the adapter. If you do not call this method, the list wont be updated.
adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();

you are removing it from the database but you are not removing it from the dataset that fills up your ListView. The simplest thing you can do is to change values from array to ArrayList, and since you are using an ArrayAdapter, you can call remove(int position). You need a List<T> of objects otherwise remove will throws an exception.

You can do one thing.
Firstly create a method called myAdapter().
In this put your creation of adapter code,so you can create new adapter for loading new data by simply calling myAdapter() method.
Whenever there should be modification in your ListView just called the following code,
listview.invalidate();
Then simply call the myAdapter().
That's it.Hope this is useful to you..:)

Pre-fill the CheckedTextViews in a ListView

Here is my first question on StackOverFlow, I usually always find an answer by myself but I am really stuck on a weird problem that I will explain here:
I implemented a ListView in a fragment activity, this listview contains a list of categories related to the current record that I get from the SQLLite database.
All is working fine, I created a SimpleCursorAdapter to retrieve the data from the DB and I display the categories correctly in the ListView.
The problem is related to the pre-fill of the checkboxes (it is a multiselection list), depending on how I try to pre-check the checkboxes, I get 2 cases:
First, the checkboxes are well pre-checked, but I cannot toggle the checkboxes anymore by clicking them. Second the click toggle well the checkboxes, but they are not pre-checked anymore...
Here is the part of the code where I have the problem:
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
//super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.rate_fragment, container,false);
dbCategories = "";
displayCategories = resources.getText(R.string.no_categories).toString();
/** INITIALIZATION */
mViewSwitcher = (ViewSwitcher)v.findViewById(R.id.profileSwitcher);
/** Edition view */
rateGroup = (RadioGroup)v.findViewById(R.id.rate_group);
rateOne = (RadioButton)v.findViewById(R.id.one_button);
rateOne.setTag(1);
rateTwo = (RadioButton)v.findViewById(R.id.two_button);
rateTwo.setTag(2);
rateThree = (RadioButton)v.findViewById(R.id.three_button);
rateThree.setTag(3);
rateFour = (RadioButton)v.findViewById(R.id.four_button);
rateFour.setTag(4);
rateFive = (RadioButton)v.findViewById(R.id.five_button);
rateFive.setTag(5);
descET = (EditText)v.findViewById(R.id.editdescription);
descTextSize = descET.getTextSize();
descET.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
#Override
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
}
#Override
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {
}
#Override
public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
}
});
categoriesTV_edit = (TextView)v.findViewById(R.id.edit_categories);
categoriesBT = (Button) v.findViewById(R.id.select_categories);
categoriesBT.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
View categoriesListTitle = getActivity().getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.category_list_title, null);
AlertDialog.Builder alt_bld = new AlertDialog.Builder(v.getContext()).setCustomTitle(categoriesListTitle);
categories = db.getAllCategoriesByRate(currentRate);
categoriesList = new ListView(getActivity());
categoriesList.setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE);
categoriesList.setClickable(true);
String[] fromColumns = new String[] {
DatabaseHandler.CATEGORY_NAME
};
int[] toViews = new int[]{
R.id.cat_checked
};
//mAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(getActivity(), android.R.layout.simple_list_item_multiple_choice, categories, fromColumns, toViews, 0);
mAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(getActivity(), R.layout.category_item, categories, fromColumns, toViews, 0);
mAdapter.setViewBinder(new ViewBinder() {
public boolean setViewValue(View view, Cursor cursor, int columnIndex) {
if (columnIndex == 1) {
CheckedTextView categRow = (CheckedTextView) view;
String catName = cursor.getString(1);
mAdapter.setViewText((TextView) view, catName);
int catChecked = cursor.getInt(2);
//boolean checkedCat = catChecked==1;
//categoriesList.setItemChecked(cursor.getPosition(),checkedCat);
categRow.setChecked(catChecked==1);
int catID = cursor.getInt(0);
categRow.setTag(catID);
return true;
}
else {
return false;
}
}
});
categoriesList.setAdapter(mAdapter);
alt_bld.setView(categoriesList);
To have one case or another, all depends on these 2 lines:
//boolean checkedCat = catChecked==1;
//categoriesList.setItemChecked(cursor.getPosition(),checkedCat);
If they are commented, the checkboxes are not pre-checked, but the toggle on the clicks is working. But if I comment these lines out, the toggle is not working anymore but the categories are prechecked.
What I also don't understand is that this line is not working:
categRow.setChecked(catChecked==1);
But this one is working well (I succeed to retrieve the tag):
categRow.setTag(catID);
So I hope someone will succeed to explain to me what I do wrong, I guess there is something I misunderstood here...
NOTE: I get 3 columns from the cursor "categories", first one is the ID of the category, second one is the name, and third one is the status: checked or not (1 or 0).
Thanks in advance for your time.

Finally I ended up creating my own custom adapter, this way I could at least understand more easily what was happening.
I had to create actually several multiselect lists, some populated with data from the database, others from the shared preferences.
For this one displaying data from the DB, I created the following adapter (I commented out the lines about the icons because I did not set them up yet):
public class CategoriesLVAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
private Context mContext;
private LayoutInflater mInflater;
private List<Category> categoriesList;
// Constructor
public CategoriesLVAdapter(Context c, List<Category> categories_list){
mContext = c;
mInflater = LayoutInflater.from(c);
categoriesList = categories_list;
}
public List<Category> getCategoriesList(){
return categoriesList;
}
#Override
public int getCount() {
return categoriesList.size();
}
#Override
public Object getItem(int position) {
return categoriesList.get(position);
}
#Override
public long getItemId(int position) {
return categoriesList.get(position).getID();
}
#Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
ViewHolder holder = null;
if (convertView == null) {
convertView = mInflater.inflate(R.layout.categories_list_row, null);
//convertView.setLayoutParams(new ListView.LayoutParams(200, 90));
holder = new ViewHolder();
holder.title = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.categories_list_row_tv);
//holder.icon = (ImageView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.categories_list_row_iv);
convertView.setTag(holder);
} else {
holder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
}
//holder.icon.setImageResource(categoriesList.get(position).getDrawableID());
//holder.icon.setAdjustViewBounds(true);
//holder.icon.setScaleType(ImageView.ScaleType.CENTER_CROP);
holder.title.setText(categoriesList.get(position).getName());
return convertView;
}
static class ViewHolder {
TextView title;
//ImageView icon;
}
}
In my activity, I use this adapter when the AlertDialog is called to populate the ListView, then I pre-select the categories using the last ones saved in the shared preferences:
private void categoriesFilter(){
AlertDialog.Builder alt_bld = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
alt_bld.setTitle(resources.getText(R.string.select_categories).toString());
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) getSystemService(LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
View layout = inflater.inflate(R.layout.categories_list,(ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.categories_layout_root));
categoriesLV = (ListView) layout.findViewById(R.id.categories_list);
alt_bld.setPositiveButton("Ok", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton) {
String selectedCategoriesString = getSelectedValues(categoriesLV);
//Update the shared preferences
prefs.edit().putString(RateDayApplication.PREF_KEY_CATEGORIES, selectedCategoriesString).commit();
updateFilterDisplay(resources.getText(R.string.cat_title).toString(), selectedCategoriesString, searchedCategoriesTV, "Category");
}
});
alt_bld.setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton) {
dialog.cancel();
}
});
String selectedCategoriesString = prefs.getString(RateDayApplication.PREF_KEY_CATEGORIES, new String());
categoriesLV.setAdapter(new CategoriesLVAdapter(this, categoriesList));
String[] selectedCategoriesArray = selectedCategoriesString.split(",");
int categoriesLVLength = categoriesLV.getCount();
for(int i = 0; i < categoriesLVLength; i++){
int categoryID = ((Category) categoriesLV.getItemAtPosition(i)).getID();
if(Arrays.asList(selectedCategoriesArray).contains(String.valueOf(categoryID))){
categoriesLV.setItemChecked(i, true);
}
}
alt_bld.setView(layout);
AlertDialog alert = alt_bld.create();
alert.show();
}
Finally here is the function I call from my database handler to get the list of catagories:
// Getting All Categories By ID desc
public List<Category> getCategoriesList() {
String selectQuery = "SELECT " + CATEGORY_ID + ", " + CATEGORY_NAME + " FROM " + CATEGORY_TABLE + " ORDER BY " + CATEGORY_ID + " ASC";
SQLiteDatabase db = this.getReadableDatabase();
Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(selectQuery, null);
List<Category> categoriesList = new ArrayList<Category>();//String[] categoriesList = {};
// looping through all rows and adding to list
if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
do {
Category category = new Category(cursor.getInt(0), cursor.getString(1), false);
categoriesList.add(category);
} while (cursor.moveToNext());
}
cursor.close();
db.close();
return categoriesList;
}
I think my problem before was coming from the fact that the function "setItemChecked" is a little misleading because it does not mean necessarily that anything is checked.
When you use the function "setItemChecked", the item in the list view becomes selected, with or without a checkbox (my rows only contain text views).
The rows selected in my list appear in a different color, and that's enough in my opinion for a simple multi selection list.
The layouts I used are quite simple, "categories_list" contains a ListView in a LinearLayout and "categories_list_row" contains a TextView in a LinearLayout.
Hope it may guide someone!

Database Quandry

Been trying to get an answer on what I am doing wrong all over the place. I would like the user to select a button in the calling class, open a called listactivity which displays the contents of a database, let the user click an entry, copy that entry into a new database, send back the rowid from the new database to the calling class and have the calling class assign the title from the new database entry to the original button that was pushed.
Here is the calling class
static final private int CHOOSE_MONDAY = 0;
static final private int CHOOSE_TUESDAY = 0;
private int ButtonPushed = 0;
private NotesDbAdapter mDbHelper;
private MenuDbAdapter menuDbHelper;
private Long mRowId;
String menuTitle;
String menuProtein;
String menuBody;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.plan_menu);
Toast.makeText(this, "Choose a day to pick a meal for!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
mDbHelper = new NotesDbAdapter(this);
mDbHelper.open();
menuDbHelper = new MenuDbAdapter(this);
menuDbHelper.open();
}
public void mButtonHandler(View target)
{
switch(target.getId())
{
case R.id.monday:
// Create new intent object and tell it to call the ColorPicker class
Intent question = new Intent(this, PlanMenuList.class);
// Start ColorPicker as a new activity and wait for the result
startActivityForResult(question, CHOOSE_MONDAY);
break;
case R.id.tuesday:
// Create new intent object and tell it to call the ColorPicker class
Intent question1 = new Intent(this, PlanMenuList.class);
// Start ColorPicker as a new activity and wait for the result
startActivityForResult(question1, CHOOSE_TUESDAY);
break;
}
And then this is the called class where I am trying to copy in the user's selection to the new database and then send back the id to the calling class.
public class PlanMenuList extends ListActivity {
private NotesDbAdapter mDbHelper;
private MenuDbAdapter menuDbHelper;
private List<Data>data;
String menuTitle;
String menuProtein;
String menuBody;
private Long mRowId;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.notes_list);
mDbHelper = new NotesDbAdapter(this);
menuDbHelper = new MenuDbAdapter(this);
mDbHelper.open();
menuDbHelper.open();
fillData();
}
private void fillData() {
Cursor notesCursor = mDbHelper.fetchAllNotes();
startManagingCursor(notesCursor);
// Create an array to specify the fields we want to display in the list (only TITLE)
String[] from = new String[]{NotesDbAdapter.KEY_TITLE};
// and an array of the fields we want to bind those fields to (in this case just text1)
int[] to = new int[]{R.id.text1};
// Now create a simple cursor adapter and set it to display
SimpleCursorAdapter notes =
new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, R.layout.notes_row, notesCursor, from, to);
setListAdapter(notes);
}
private void populateFields() {
if (mRowId != null) {
Cursor note = mDbHelper.fetchNote(mRowId);
startManagingCursor(note);
menuTitle=(note.getString(
note.getColumnIndexOrThrow(NotesDbAdapter.KEY_TITLE)));
menuProtein=(note.getString(
note.getColumnIndexOrThrow(NotesDbAdapter.KEY_PROTEIN)));
menuBody=(note.getString(
note.getColumnIndexOrThrow(NotesDbAdapter.KEY_BODY)));
}
}
protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
super.onListItemClick(l, v, position, id);
mDbHelper.fetchNote(id);
mRowId = id;
//populateFields();
menuDbHelper.createMenu("Monday", menuTitle, menuProtein, menuBody);
Intent answer = new Intent();
answer.putExtra("MenuDbAdapter.KEY_ROWID", mRowId);
setResult(RESULT_OK, answer);
finish();
}
}
I have been messing around with this thing for days and can't seem to get it to do what I want - any help would be appreciated.

Can you post your onActivityResult implementation?
When I've passed data back to an activity as a result, I've used Bundles. For example:
Intent answer = new Intent();
Bundle extras = new Bundle();
extras.putLong("MenuDbAdapter.KEY_ROWID", mRowId);
answer.putExtras(extras);
Then, in the activity result handler, you'd call Intent.getExtras and pull your value from there.
Edit: here are some examples from the android dev guide:
http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/faq/commontasks.html (search for onActivityResult)
http://developer.android.com/resources/tutorials/notepad/notepad-ex3.html

protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
the variable id is not the same as the database row number and thats where the issue is. I'd create a custom adapter and store the _id (row number) as a tag in the view. Retrieve the tag in the OnItemClickListener and do the db queries.
Custom Adapter code:
private class Cursy extends CursorAdapter {
public Cursy(Context context, Cursor c) {
super(context, c);
}
#Override
public void bindView(View view, Context context, Cursor cursor) {
viewHolder holder = (viewHolder) view.getTag();
holder.tv.setText(cursor.getString(cursor
.getColumnIndex(NotesDbAdapter.KEY_TITLE)));
}
#Override
public View newView(Context context, Cursor cursor, ViewGroup parent) {
viewHolder holder = new viewHolder();
holder._id = ursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(NotesDbAdapter._ID));
View v = getLayoutInflater().inflate(
R.layout.list_layout, null);
holder.tv = (TextView) v
.findViewById(R.id.tv);
v.setTag(holder);
return v;
}
}
OnItemClickListener:
mListView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
int position, long id) {
viewHolder holder = (viewHolder) view.getTag();
// use holder._id and do the db queries
}
});

Firstly, I think you want to make sure your CHOOSE_MONDAY and CHOOSE_TUESDAY constants are different values, so that you can differentiate between them later.
Secondly, you are sending back the wrong row ID to your original activity. Assuming your createMenu() method is based on SQLiteDatabase.insert(), it should return the row ID after insertion (or -1 if there was a problem). You can use this as the row ID:
mRowId = menuDbHelper.createMenu("Monday", menuTitle, menuProtein, menuBody);